The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-29

carnival over glasses filed to the brim.
They were holding converse with uisible
spirits. A multitude of well-dressed and
apparently well-behaved ladies and
gentlemen surrounded still other tables.
Beer foamed, wine sparkled, and glasses
clinked among this gay and festive
throng. The fairy-like scene dazzled
with the reflection of electric lights,
while hidden within a bower of green
boughs, graced with the wild rose and
other wild flowers of the forest, band
discoursed the most ravishing strains of
music, rendering the whole scene of
enchantment, well adapted to allure the
seeker after pleasure into the downward
paths of gilded vice. Like the charmed
bird, huttering in ever narrowing circles
about d"zzling center of attraction till
it falls a prey to the willy serpent, SO the
young man is allured to these scenes Of
sparkling gayety, circling about an ire
sistible center of graVitation, which so
often proves to be the point of total
human depravity. The glimpse of these
glories beyond the gates was but mo-
mentary--the whole time being less
than that required to relate it. 1t can
not be disputed but some respectable
citizens frequent the Casino, but other
company is too prominent there. A de-
post of one thousand dollars with the
city treasurer is required of the gentle
manly proprietors of this fairy-like re-
sort for the annual privilege of moving
the spirits. A like amount is required Of
each and every other gentleman who
moves the spirits, and the aggregate con-
stitutes inc larger portion of the city
school fund. Heretofore the fee has
been paid in quarterly instalments, but
by change of administration the new
Mayor, not having the wrath of saloon
n en- before his eyes, as fast as old
licenses expired has required advance
payment of the whole, holding that
annual license did not contemplate
quarterly payments.
Of the 240 gentlemen engaged in
spirit moving, it is estimated that thirty
of the number will have occasion to re-
tire, not being able to make Prerequisite
deposit at the appointed time. Certain
newspapers of the hummer element
deplore this depression of business, and
lament the loss Of $50, 900 to the school
fund. Whether it will prove pleasant
reflection in after life for the sensitive
and conscientious citizen to remember
that the expense of his education was
betrayed by the proceeds of the whiskey
trade, or blood money, he can determine
years later. Cash is cash, from what
ever source obtained, and dollar,
whether stolen or derived from the
whiskey trade, will buy as many books
or buy as much bread as if earned by
carrying the bod or any other honest
calling; but not every one is willing to
live on stolen money or the proceeds OF
infamy. Many years ago Bunker Hill
monument was nearly completed, when
finances ran short. At that time Fanny
Elssler-the divine Fanny, as she was
called--then a famous German danseuse
creating .fatrore in this country, and
coming money by the hundred thousand
donated $1,000 with which to put in
place the cap-stone and add the finish.
ing touches. What did the indignant
Yankees do but decline the offer, de.
claring it to be "an eternal disgrace to
cap national monument with money
earned by the shaking of a Dutch girls
heels p
The temperature here, as in other
localities, has been much above the
average during the season. The mer
curry has contracted a daily habit Of
climbing up to the 98th and Tooth
round Of the ladder, and no human
power has been able to prevent it
Even at its greatest giddy height its
motto has been Excelsior" AS usual
its conduct has occasioned a great
amount of discussion, but the wise-acres
have been unable to decide what can be
done about it, except to suffer it.
The Citizens League of Kenosha. as
reported by the TELEGRAPH, is becoming
famous, and earning for itself distinc
ton, when it brings offenders to justice
without fear or favor-whether private
citizens or city officials. May its
shadow never be less.
Omaha. July, 1887.